It turned into quite a long draft, exploring the early history of electric locomotives from Siemens to Westinghouse and then via Newcastle and Paris, with diversions into Italy and, as it then was, Czechoslovakia.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad's electrification of its New York City approaches was also strongly featured, along with the British Thomson-Houston company and Brush Engineering.
Unfortunately, the post had swelled (just like everyone attending a ten year high school reunion...), getting out of all proportion and, indeed, beyond the realms of sanity.
In despair I abandoned it and reverted to posting pictures of cocks, something I am very comfortable doing and which most of you seem to appreciate.
But I figured I could still use all these delightful images of Hungarian V46s going about their business in, er, Hungary.
And at the same time as me whining on, we get another post about trains. Ain't the web amazing?
4 comments:
I love these grasshoppers.
I never realised electric shunting locos were so commonplace on the continent.
I suppose if our rail network were more widely electrified we might have some here too. I find it a great shame we seem to be moving away from AC loco, or locos in general.
You cold always break the bloated post into little bits and drip feed us them. It sounded interesting to me.
Yes indeed - do feed us the results of your researches even if only in tasty morsels between the tools!
As you are moving east could you tell us about the Great Siberian Railway? I'm not sure that that was the name, but you will know. Thanks.
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